n8n YouTube Clip Generator: Apify Transcript + OpenRouter Docs

Turn any YouTube link into clip ideas + a shareable Google Doc—automatically

This n8n YouTube Clip Generator takes a YouTube URL submitted via an n8n form, pulls the video transcript using Apify, asks an OpenRouter chat model for short-form clip recommendations in Markdown, and uploads the finished report to Google Docs in your chosen Google Drive folder.

What this workflow does

• Collects a YouTube link through an n8n form submission.
• Extracts the transcript by running an Apify YouTube transcript extractor for the submitted URL and retrieving the resulting dataset.
• Formats the transcript into timestamped lines (MM:SS) to produce a single analysis-ready text block.
• Generates clip recommendations by sending the formatted transcript to an OpenRouter chat model that outputs a structured Markdown report.
• Converts Markdown to HTML so the result can be used to create a document.
• Creates a new Google Docs file and uploads it to a specified Google Drive folder (using a [FOLDER_ID] placeholder you configure).

Use cases

• Build an internal “content pipeline” for SaaS teams: submit a YouTube link and automatically receive viral clip ideas.
• Repurpose long-form videos into short-form formats by getting timestamped, transcript-grounded recommendations.
• Streamline editorial research: store each generated clip report as a Google Doc for review and collaboration.

Technical details

• Apify OAuth2 credential for the YouTube transcript extractor actor.
• OpenRouter API credential for the chat model generating Markdown recommendations.
• Google Drive OAuth2 credential to create and upload a Google Docs file to your target folder.
• Uses n8n nodes including Form Trigger, HTTP Request, Set, Code, and Markdown conversion steps (plus supporting workflow nodes like Sticky Note).

Publish the form and share the form URL (or embed it) to let others submit YouTube links—then let the workflow handle the rest.